A confident NDA can propel Nifty towards 26,300: Rupak De of LKP Securities

A confident NDA can propel Nifty towards 26,300: Rupak De of LKP Securities

A confident NDA could propel the Nifty towards 26,300 and beyond in the medium to long term, says Rupak De, Senior Technical Analyst at LKP Securities. Edited excerpts from a chat in which the analysts also shares two stock ideas for the week. In the post-election result week, do you see some signs of more … Read more

Are fears and panic around PSUs overblown? Sandip Sabharwal answers

Are fears and panic around PSUs overblown? Sandip Sabharwal answers

“The situation was never as good in the Indian aviation market as it is today because there are effectively only two large players, Vistara Air India combined and InterGlobe Aviation,” says Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com.Let us get stock specific then and get in your take on the entire chemical sector, brokerages are of the view that … Read more

FMCG to outperform in near term; bet on Bata, Marico and Nestle: Sanjiv Bhasin

FMCG to outperform in near term; bet on Bata, Marico and Nestle: Sanjiv Bhasin

“You have got a good rainfall, inflation is under control and I think the choice and aspiration of growing to bigger banks is growing. I continue to think Hindustan Lever on any correction, so as Marico and Nestle, but our two outperformers there are going to be Bata and Patanjali,” says Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL … Read more

Sanjiv Bhasin’s top stock picks post yesterday’s market bloodbath

Sanjiv Bhasin’s top stock picks post yesterday’s market bloodbath

“The excesses were created on Monday because of the exit poll getting it all wrong and people leveraging in PSUs and so on of defence. I always held the view that defence and railways were overpriced to 2027 level and PSU selective are very-very frothy,” says Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities.Real slam dunk for the … Read more

India has a great story going for it; market levels very sustainable: Prateek Agrawal

India has a great story going for it; market levels very sustainable: Prateek Agrawal

“Few percentage point here and there does not matter as much as certainty does. So, outcome after elections, a good budget, both would have a positive impact,” says Prateek Agrawal, MD & CEO, Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company. I am looking at the market positioning, what FIIs have done, what DIIs have done, what the … Read more

Expect 15-18% upside in Sun Pharma over medium to long term: Hemang Jani

Expect 15-18% upside in Sun Pharma over medium to long term: Hemang Jani

“I do not think the market is bracing for any kind of negative surprise at this point of time. And we do think that given the earnings that we have seen so far and the fact that we have underperformed US markets, there is a scope for some sort of an outperformance once the event … Read more

Marico Q4 Results: Consolidated PAT rises 5% YoY to Rs 320 crore

Marico Q4 Results: Consolidated PAT rises 5% YoY to Rs 320 crore

FMCG major Marico on Monday reported a 5% year-on-year (YoY) jump in its March quarter consolidated net profit at Rs 320 crore. The profit stood at Rs 305 crore in the corresponding period of the previous financial year. On a sequential basis, it was down 17% as against Rs 386 crore posted by the company … Read more

3 top stock picks from Aditya Arora for next week

3 top stock picks from Aditya Arora for next week

“Risk-reward is pretty favourable and if you look at market leaders like Col-Pal they are trading at 52-week highs, so they are already setting the trajectory for other FMCG peers to follow,” says Aditya Arora, Adlytick Help us understand this move that we have been seeing in the FMCG pack over the last couple of … Read more

FPIs pick out FMCG from trough, telecom & financials

FPIs pick out FMCG from trough, telecom & financials

Mumbai: Battered shares of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies received the highest flows from foreign investors across sectors in the first half of March as they saw value in these stocks after their underperformance in recent years. The FMCG sector received the highest inflows of ₹11,180 crore after witnessing selling worth ₹4,472 crore last month. … Read more